#520D12#520D12

#520D12 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.9% C 0.100 H 22.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#520D12
RGB	rgb(82, 13, 18)
HSL	hsl(356, 73%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(356, 84%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.1%, 78%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.13, 31.45, 16.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.13, 35.55, 27.79°)
OKLab	oklab(28.92% 0.092 0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(28.92% 0.1 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.7332, 2.1259, 0.7859)
Luminance	0.0213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#520D12 #0D524D

analogous

#520D34 #520D12 #522A0D

triadic

#520D12 #12520D #0D1252

tetradic

#520D12 #34520D #0D524D #2A0D52

square

#520D12 #34520D #0D524D #2A0D52

split-complementary

#520D12 #0D522A #0D3452

monochromatic

#1A0406 #1D0506 #520D12 #87151E #BC1E29

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.74

#520D12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#520D12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #520D12

14.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##520D12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##520D12	1.00	14.74	1.43	14.74
#FFFFFF	14.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#221F12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332D10

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B0010

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #520d12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 13, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.9% 0.100 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89534f',
    500: '#520d12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #520d12;
$custom-light: #89534f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#520d12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.652,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28923,
    "c": 0.09969,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#520D12

secondary

#2E8D86

accent

#EFE238

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#F0E8E7

border

#CBC4C3

text

#0D0302

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #520D12

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →